The Infrastructure Scoping Forum attends to issues of legal uncertainty concerning institutions that enable the effective operation of financial intermediates, such as payment systems, central counterparties (“CCPs”) and securities settlement facilities (“SSFs”).
Recently, Forum members have focused their discussions on uncertainties related to the discontinuance of and transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
For further information, please see the Forum’s Terms of Reference and 2024 Forward Schedule.
This meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Natalie Lewis of Travers Smith LLP. Forum members discussed expanded registration requirements for financial markets infrastructure trusts under the Fifth Money Laundering Directive and ESMA’s final report on the alignment of MiFIR...
This meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Barney Reynolds of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Forum members discussed the Investment Firms Review and the impact on clearing structures and a European Commission consultation on a review of the E.U. Benchmarks...
This meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Emma Dwyer of Allen & Overy LLP. Forum members discussed the “onshoring” the EMIR Refit and the use of money market funds as eligible collateral under the uncleared margin rules. The agenda...
This meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Thomas Donegan of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Forum members discussed the EMIR Refit and issues arising from the transition from LIBOR in the loan market. The agenda and minutes of the meeting are...
This meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was chaired by Nathaniel Lalone of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Forum members discussed a variety of topics including strong customer authentication under the second Payment Services Directive, preparations for transitional provisions on clearing, the statutory instrument onshoring...
A meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was held on 6 December 2018. The meeting was chaired by Alex Rutter of Tradeweb. Forum members discussed updated Q&As published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on the Benchmarks Regulation and on managing risks in...
A meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was held on 13 September 2018. The meeting was chaired by Paul Watkins of Blue Nile Training. Forum members discussed The Draft Central Counterparties (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and other recent developments...
A meeting of the Infrastructure Scoping Forum was held on 7 June 2018. The meeting was chaired by Martin Sandler of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Forum members discussed developments affecting settlement finality in light of Brexit, the Central Securities Depositories Regulation and the impact of blockchain...